[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Ecology - University of Michigan, CIGLR (Ann Arbor, MI)

[Margaret Throckmorton]

*Job Opening: **Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Ecology*


*Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes ResearchSchool for Environment and
SustainabilityUniversity of Michigan*

*Summary*
A postdoctoral fellowship is available for a highly qualified individual to
join the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR,
https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/). The successful candidate will work with our
dynamic research team to develop tools for environmental DNA (eDNA)
analysis of food web dynamics, invasive species, biodiversity, and/or toxic
cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes. The successful candidate will work
closely with Dr. Greg Dick, Dr. Casey Godwin (CIGLR), and collaborators
from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab and the United States
Geological Survey.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on one or more
of the following projects: use of metabarcoding (16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene
sequencing) to evaluate food-web interactions and/or impacts of grazers on
phytoplankton and bacterioplankton communities; development of
high-throughput qPCR and metabarcoding assays to monitor invasive species
and genes encoding cyanotoxins; application of metabarcoding and
metagenomics to measure Great Lakes biodiversity at different functional
and taxonomic levels.

*Note*: This position is a one-year term limited appointment with the
possibility of renewal based on performance.

*Qualifications*

   - A Ph.D. in limnology, microbiology, molecular ecology, biological
   oceanography, bioinformatics, or a related field.
   - Experience in bioinformatics and multivariate statistical methods for
   analyzing molecular data together with environmental data.
   - Demonstrated ability to lead development of manuscripts for refereed
   journal publication.
   - Experience in molecular biology, familiarity with high-throughput
   sequencing platforms, and experience analyzing metabarcoding data is
   preferred.

*For more information and to apply:*
Visit
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/258127/postdoctoral-fellow-molecular-ecology

The application deadline is 2/1/2025.

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*Margaret Throckmorton (she | hers)*
Administrative Project Coordinator
University of Michigan
Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)
@ NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
4840 South State Road | Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734.647.3299
throckmj at umich.edu
ciglr.seas.umich.edu
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